Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-02-18

dental college.
Mr.. Schneider and daughter, of Liv-
ingstOn, were callers at The Democrat
office on Thursday.
Rev. Father Weppert, of Platteville,
was the guest of Father OKeefe on
Tuesday of last week.
Joseph Harker, of Mifilin, was in
town and called at The Democrat office
on Wednesday.
James Bell, of MifIiin, an old sub
scriber of The Democrat, made us a
pleasant call on Monday.
Miss Maggie Allen, of Dodgeville,
visited friends and relatives in this
city during the past week.
Albert belong, who lives in the
southwest corner of Iowa county, was
in town Tuesday, on business.
Miss Keane, of Pierre, Dakota, is
visiting in this city, the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Herman Enzenroth.
Chief of Police Healy has a word
to say relating to horses, cattle and
mules running at large within the city
limits.
Rev. Father Valley, of Ridgeway,
and Father Luby, of Elkhorn, Wis,
were the guests of Father O'Keefe
last week.
J. IL. McIlhatton, who has been work
ing in Mineral Point for the bast few
months, returned to his home in Mo
line, ILL.,, last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Smith, of this
city, started on Friday morning, for
Moline, H., where they will visit their
daughter, Mrs. Samuel Jenkin.
,josephus Bailey, one of the time
tried and fire tested democrats of the
town of Eden, was in town on Tuesday,
and made The Democrat office pleas
ant visit.
Matt. Eulberg, formerly of this city,
but now employed as printer on The
Portage Democrat, made his many
friends in this vicinity pleasant visit
last week.
Senior Vice Commander Ed Devlin
and Quartermaster George Jeuck are
in Milwaukee this week, attending the
department encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
Mrs. Chas. Bennett came down from
Madison on Friday last, to be present
at the silver wedding of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. n. Treweek, which oc-
cured this week.
Every cash purchaser of one dollars
worth of goods at the Cash Grocery
house receives a ticket good for five
cents in crockery, glass or china. See
extended notice in another column.
On Wednesday afternoon about fif-
teen young ladies and gentlemen, stu
dents of the Darlington High School,
returned the visit made them by our
High School students some weeks ago.
Hon. J. b. Huse, of Rewey, was in
town on Tuesday. He informed us
that he and his brother j. II. Huse
had sold their interest in the store of
Huse Il Rundell to Mr.. Rundell, and
that Mr. Runden will continue the
business at the old stand.
The Alpine Choir and Tyrolese
company" of nine vocalists and in
strumentalists, from Switzerland, will
appear in the Platteville Lecture
course, at City Hall, on Monday, Feb.
Dist. Also Hon. Geo. II. Weddings
postponed lecture will be delivered on
the 2Sd.
Some of our exchanges are running
,j,rn It'd
Chemical Co" of Charlottesville, Indi-
ana. The Democrat has written to
Charlottesville to learn the standing of
the company and the reply received
convinceS us that it is a fraudulent
concern.
The iron mining boom has struck
BoScohel. Over three thousand acres
of land in that vicinity have been
leased by stock companies for mining
purposes. Before long the boom may
strike the country around about Min
eral Point, where mineral is really tC
be found underground instead of upon
paper.
Hiram Bickford, a reliable farmer OF
the town of Miiiin, was in town on
Thursday, and subscribed for the old
reliable Iowa County Democrat, which
goes on forever with steadily grow
ing subscription list Mr.. Bickford
was among the prompt paying subscri-
bers of The Democrat some years ago
but had discontinued for time. We
gladly welcome him back, and will try
| to give him the worth of his money in
a local and general newspaper, which
we will stop sending him whenever hs
does not wish to take it any longer.
Fire was discovered in the county
insane asylum at Lancaster, at II
o'clock on Sunday morning. The 10S
| patients were gotten out of the build
| ing. One woman, Catharine Murray
who was the last to be removed. wa:
found almost suffocated and has since
died Some others were badly over
come with smoke; but with this on,
exception all will probably live, TIL,
flames We're extinguished after the in
side of the building was badly damaged
The FIRE caught in the sleepers over tn,
furnace. The building cost $4,000
The outside walls are not damaged a
all. Insured for $4,000.
The superintendent of the poor, Jas
Spensley, kearton Coates and w. S
Dimock together with overseer f. ]
Perkins and wife, went to Madison o,
Wednesday to bring down and plac,
in the new asylum the. insane of low;
county which have heretofore beer
cared for at the state aSylum on LAX
Mendoza. There are fifty four insan
persons belonging to the county. .
these twenty-seven have heretofor
been cared for at the county farm
twenty at the Mendoza asylum. an,
seven at Lancaster. The superinten
dents will go to Lancaster next weel
to bring home the latter